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* HOTROD GAME IMPLEMENTATION
* Valence-Based Biases In News Selection
* By Stuart Soroka, Lauren Guggenheim, and Dominic J. Valentino
* Updated October 4, 2020
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Implementation of the HotRod game uses five linked surveys, included in this distribution as Qualtrics files.

To use the game, import all five 'hotrod_partn.qsf' (n = {1, ..., 5}) files into your Qualtrics account. To import Qualtrics files to your account, follow the instructions at this link: https://www.qualtrics.com/support/survey-platform/survey-module/survey-tools/import-and-export-surveys/

Once the surveys are imported, YOU NEED TO BE SURE TO LINK THEM TOGETHER. This is very important. To do this, complete the following steps.

1) Collect links: Collect anonymous survey links for each survey. 

On your Qualtrics homepage, click the three dots on the far right of your screen next to each project and select "Distribute Survey." Copy the "Anonymous survey" link for each of the five surveys. You may also want to find the link to your follow-up survey, if applicable.

2) Link surveys: Once all five links are collected, paste them into each survey.

2a) For the first four surveys, do as follows: After clicking on a survey, navigate to "Survey Flow" in the toolbar and scroll to the end of the survey flow. You will see three red blocks entitled "End of Survey." In the first red block, select "Customize." Select the option "Redirect to a URL" and replace the text "PASTE_PART_n_LINK_HERE" with the link to the current survey. For example, in the first survey, paste the link to the first survey. This ensures the participant restarts the round if they lose. IMPORTANT: be sure to leave the text including and following the "?" character.

In the remaining two red blocks, replace the text "PASTE_PART_n_LINK_HERE" with the link to the next survey. For example, in the first survey, paste the link to the second survey. This ensures the player moves on to the next round should they win or otherwise complete the round.

2b) For the last (fifth) survey, navigate to "Survey flow" as before and scroll to the bottom.  Again selecting "Customize" in the "End of Survey" block, replace the text "PASTE_LINK_TO_FOLLOW_UP_HERE" with the link to your follow-up survey, if applicable. IMPORTANT: be sure to leave the text including and following the "?" character.

To reiterate, only replace the text that says "PASTE_PART_n_LINK_HERE" or "PASTE_LINK_TO_FOLLOW_UP_HERE". Leave all text including and following the "?" character, as this code ensures the player's data is transferred to the next survey.